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Despite concerns following the Paris attacks, this high schooler is still...
At 4:30 p.m. — pitch dark and raining — Sue Natali is waiting for her son, Clancy, to get home from school. But she’s not meeting a bus. Each day, Clancy takes a ferry to and from Martha’s Vineyard,...
View ArticleA new Toxic Substance Control Act may be in the works — sort of
The Toxic Substances Control Act was enacted in the 1970s, but since then has proven mostly ineffective at regulating toxic chemicals. A bill updating TSCA is now moving through Congress. If its...
View ArticleRepublicans vow to torpedo Obama’s Paris climate agenda. Can they?
When President Barack Obama was pledging to lower US greenhouse gas emissions in Paris last week, Republicans in Congress were passing measures to ease controls on carbon pollution from power...
View ArticleWho should be in charge of America's drone program?
Langley Air Force Base in Virginia is home to the US Air Combat Command. The sound of F-22 fighter jets, called Raptors, seems to constantly fill the air. The mission here is to maintain superiority in...
View ArticleWith France still on edge, climate negotiators search for consensus
Soldiers and heavily-armed police patrol the train stations and subways. The anti-immigrant National Front scored big gains in Sunday’s French elections. Many in Paris, and France in general, are...
View ArticleIn Paris, security concerns and climate change vie for attention
Attentions in Paris have been divided over the past few weeks. The devastating November terror attacks and the big UN climate change negotiations just north of the city have simultaneously grabbed...
View ArticleIn wintertime, global warming sounds nice. Could climate activists pick a...
Monday morning I broke out my winter hat. It didn’t look as good on me as I remembered. Then again, I am a year older. My hair is shorter and a lighter shade of bottled blonde. A summer’s worth of sun...
View ArticleEfforts to deploy drones for humanitarian purposes are hampered by public fears
Mark Jacobsen leads me through a maze of children's toys in his little apartment a few miles from Stanford University. We head to a small patio out back. And here, sitting on folding tables, within...
View ArticleClimate change could already be displacing more people than war
Some 26 million people are being displaced by natural disasters worldwide — roughly one person per second — three times the number of people displaced by war and violence. And most natural disasters...
View ArticleFrom climate change victims, a message to UN negotiators: “They’ve been...
Constance Okollet is an imposing woman. She’s a peasant farmer from Uganda. Nearly six feet tall, with a stern but not unsmiling face with sad eyes.Not at all surprising given the tales she has to...
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In Paris, fighting for the reindeer — and a way of life
Nearly 200 countries have official delegations at the UN climate negotiations this week in Paris. As they race to finalize an agreement by Friday, getting everyone to agree on a final document will be...
View ArticleParis activists come in many shades of green, and of optimism
For two weeks, diplomats have been drafting a deal on climate change at the United Nations talks in Paris. Most of the world leaders have already left town, after some stirring speeches that set high...
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A deadly fungus is threatening the future of bananas in Asia — and could...
Could the plant fungus called the Panama disease spell doom for the banana as we know it?“Thousands of varieties of bananas are grown throughout the world, but only one makes it to store shelves. It’s...
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In Paris, the young know it's really up to them to fix the world
For two weeks, diplomats from nearly 200 countries have been at the UN climate negotiations in Paris. But not everyone attending the summit is there negotiating a deal. We wondered about what young...
View ArticleIs there a connection between in utero chemical exposure and obesity?
Some common chemicals ingested during pregnancy could be associated with obesity in offspring, according to a new study.Dr. Joseph Braun, assistant professor of epidemiology at Brown University,...
View ArticleWhere did all those hoverboards come from?
In just a few months, two-wheeled motorized scooters have been popping up everywhere. They’re almost as ubiquitous as the selfie stick was last summer. Popularly called a “hoverboard,” they’ve quickly...
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During the Paris climate summit, a youth hostel hosted international...
Journalists from around the world traveled to Paris this month to report on the historic climate change summit. One Paris youth hostel turned into a hub for young global journalists covering COP21. I...
View ArticleMaintaining real relationships in the digital world
I use Facebook every day, multiple times a day. It’s such an automatic activity at this point that I couldn’t even guess at an exact number of times.With the app for my phone, I can check Facebook as...
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North Korea puts its DMZ-crossing drone fleet on display
When traveling by train in South Korea, you can’t go any further north than Baekmagoji Station. It’s then a 15-minute walk from the station to the demilitarized zone (or DMZ). After that, it’s all rice...
View ArticleWhat happens when you give scientists comedy improv lessons?
Improv is something you expect to find on Saturday Night Live, not in the science lab. A couple of acting teachers, however, are beginning to introduce improv acting and communication techniques to the...
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